{"id":248995,"date":"2025-11-07T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/248995\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:55:07","slug":"cherwell-council-to-introduce-collections-for-glass-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/248995\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherwell council to introduce collections for glass recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The change will help the authority comply with the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-67176392\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Simpler Recycling&#8221; law<\/a> that comes into force in April 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is anticipated the change will improve the district&#8217;s overall recycling rate by up to 1.5%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More than 100 bottle banks around the district will be removed, which the council said would help prevent fly-tipping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillor Ian Middleton, portfolio holder for neighbourhood services, said: &#8220;The collection of glass from the kerbside is one of the most requested changes to our recycling service, and we have been listening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This change will make it faster and more convenient for residents to recycle whilst reducing the problems associated with bottle banks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The reality is that these have attracted litter and fly-tipping, with the taxpayer having to pick up the costs of the clear-up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Glass collected in blue bins in Cherwell will be separated from other dry recycling by machines at a sorting centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Large pieces will be sorted for further processing, while smaller pieces will be used for road aggregate or shot blasting material, which is used to strengthen surfaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The change will help the authority comply with the new &#8220;Simpler Recycling&#8221; law that comes into force in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-248995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}